URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 344 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON TO ARRIVE TONIGHT... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT YESTERDAY WILL RESULT IN A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 35. KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>023-028>030-037-281130- /O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0004.151228T0000Z-151229T0300Z/ ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN- CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...ROCKPORT... MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY... PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY... OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG... KINGSTON...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE 344 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...RAIN CURRENTLY LIFTING INTO THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH AND TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER 6 PM...AND THEN WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND 9 PM MONDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON MONDAY...WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED MID MONDAY MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES... POSSIBLY REACHING 10 INCHES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MO...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SPEEDS MAY EXCEED 30 MPH...AND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE ICE. VERY SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL QUITE HAZARDOUS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
This blog features observations from Randy Turner, a former teacher, newspaper reporter and editor. Send news items or comments to rturner229@hotmail.com
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